Hybrids of the bHLH and bZIP protein motifs display different DNA-binding activities in vivo vs. in vitro.

Minimalist hybrids comprising the DNA-binding domain of bHLH/PAS (basic-helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim) protein Arnt fused to the leucine zipper (LZ) dimerization domain from bZIP (basic region-leucine zipper) protein C/EBP were designed to bind the E-box DNA site, CACGTG, targeted by bHLHZ (basic-he...

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Main Authors: Hiu-Kwan Chow, Jing Xu, S Hesam Shahravan, Antonia T De Jong, Gang Chen, Jumi A Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2568859?pdf=render